A one pot hearty ten bean soup with spinach and potatoes and flavored with curry powder. There is a slight nip in the air when we go for swimming in the morning these days. The onset of winters is here and while the cold does bring with it its own cons,...

Bassaru is a traditional saaru/curry of South Karnataka, prepared by herbs dal with simple spices, which taste finger licking good when served with rice or ragi mudde. A curry/ Saaru made from vegetable stock, different variety of vegetable or greens makes...

Just in time for the weekend ! Don't you just love waking up to the wonderful aroma of breakfast cooking? Overnight Bean and Vegetable Hash will have you up and awake as soon as the smell hits you, which is usually not a luxury, moms (or dads !) enjoy as...

Preparation: 8h - Cooking: 30 min Time for the Secret Recipe Club reveal day! I must admit this is one challenge I am so happy to be in! Every month, once our reveal is done, I eagerly wait to see which blog is assigned for the coming month. A food blogger never gets tired of going through...

My husband was out of town today and I knew he’d get home around 6:30, provided there was not too much traffic coming out of Austin on I-35. One little wreck can slow him down an hour! So I chose … Continue reading →

Deepavali is celebrated all over India either during the month of october or in November, but this time this festival falls on 30th ocotober, we just have two more weeks to celebrate the festival of lights.Fortunately this year, Diwali falls during weekend...

Preparation: 30 min - Cooking: 20 min Red Bean Pancake 豆沙窝饼 is a popular snack in most Chinese restaurants, and is usually served as a dessert. It has a crispy exterior texture that goes well with the sweet red bean filling. It is quite easy to make this delicious pancake at home with a few...

Fish is one dish that best served simple. Like this one. Easy and simple. Satisfying and yummy :) I had this fish with light soya sauce mixed with cut chili padi as a dip (not in the picture) Recipe is from Nob Cook What you need: 1 whole fish (I used seabass,...

Lobia curry or black eyed beans curry is a nutritious and quick dish made with black eyed beans and cooked in onion-tomato gravy. Black eyed peas or cow peas is also known as ‘Lobia’ or ‘Chawli’ in Hindi, Bobbarlu or Alasandalu in Telugu, ‘Karamani’ in...

Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 6h20 This post is brought to you by a Back to Her Roots partner. Guys. I don't want to jinx it, but I think Fall might actually be here to stay. We've had the A/C off and the windows open for the better part of a week now. The leaves are starting to turn colors...

Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 6h20 This post is brought to you by a Back to Her Roots partner. Guys. I don't want to jinx it, but I think Fall might actually be here to stay. We've had the A/C off and the windows open for the better part of a week now. The leaves are starting to turn colors...

Rajma Masala Recipe is a famous Punjabi recipe. It is also called as Punjabi Rajma Chawal, Punjabi Curry, Kidney Beans Masala Curry etc. It is served with rice or roti’s also well. You may also […] The post Rajma Masala Recipe | Punjabi Kidney Beans Chawal...

Its National Curry week next week from the 10-16 October and my blog has lots of vegetarian curries you can create this week. I am sharing this quick and easy recipe using ingredients readily available in most Supermarkets. For those of you who can’t get...

Even though i like to include beans/legumes in my diet, I do not like regular sundal but once in a while like this kind of masala sundal with some spice powder/masala powder. The spices blend enhances the taste and flavor of the sundal. Here's is Karamani...

Preparation: 8h - Cooking: 25 min Mochai Sundal recipe. This sundal is made using dried mocha kottai (butter beans) and not the fresh, raw mochai. It makes an apt prasadham to distribute for friends and neighbours when they visit for evening pooja during Navratri. Mochai is nothing but...

Yard long beans and potato stir fry Yardlong beans/Chinese Long beans/Barbatti /Boda/ Karamani /Lobhia ki phali so many names for this simple and healthy bean ! This long bean is quite popular all over India .These beans are longer than the french beans,...

Wow have I not been cooking lately. Except this, a few times! My sister-in-law sent the recipe to my husband because he wanted to take on a bit of meal prep responsibility (an incredibly sweet thing because I.have.been.busy), but when he tried, I got bossy,...